I still remember when computers were making sounds under load and music was stuttering when you tried to do something more demanding at the same time :) Something like that would be a perfect setup to write a book without being distracted I can imagine. Also probably it was far easier for programmers to develop intuition for performance when the machines were an order of magnitude slower.
I’ve written on old computers before. In my experience, I ended up either just playing old games or to the point I was reading Windows 98 READMEs instead of writing. IME, you can’t force writing; you’ll write if you feel like it, whether you’re on a modern laptop with chat windows open or your old PS/2 - or you end up in those chat windows or Doom.
wow … 64Mb!?! I remember upgrading to 12 :)
Also impressive:
I still remember when computers were making sounds under load and music was stuttering when you tried to do something more demanding at the same time :) Something like that would be a perfect setup to write a book without being distracted I can imagine. Also probably it was far easier for programmers to develop intuition for performance when the machines were an order of magnitude slower.
I’ve written on old computers before. In my experience, I ended up either just playing old games or to the point I was reading Windows 98 READMEs instead of writing. IME, you can’t force writing; you’ll write if you feel like it, whether you’re on a modern laptop with chat windows open or your old PS/2 - or you end up in those chat windows or Doom.